--- a/org.symbian.tools.wrttools/src/org/symbian/tools/wrttools/util/Util.java	Mon Jan 25 16:30:51 2010 -0500
+++ b/org.symbian.tools.wrttools/src/org/symbian/tools/wrttools/util/Util.java	Wed Jan 27 15:05:37 2010 -0800
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
  */
 package org.symbian.tools.wrttools.util;
 
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.logging.Level;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
+
 public class Util {
 
 	public static String removeSpaces(String widgetName) {
@@ -27,5 +31,139 @@
 	public static String removeNonAlphaNum(String projectName) {
 		return projectName != null ? projectName.replaceAll("[^a-zA-Z0-9 ]", "") : null;
 	}
+public static void logEvent(Logger log, Level level, Throwable throwable)
+	{
+		if (level==Level.SEVERE)
+		{
+			log.severe(throwable.getLocalizedMessage());
+			if(throwable.getCause()!=null)
+			log.severe(throwable.getCause().toString());
+			log.severe(throwable.getStackTrace().toString());
+		}
+		if (level==Level.WARNING)
+		{
+			log.warning(throwable.getLocalizedMessage());
+			if(throwable.getCause()!=null)
+			log.warning(throwable.getCause().toString());
+			log.warning(throwable.getStackTrace().toString());
+		}
+		if (level==Level.INFO)
+		{
+			log.info(throwable.getLocalizedMessage());
+			if(throwable.getCause()!=null)
+			log.info(throwable.getCause().toString());
+			log.info(throwable.getStackTrace().toString());
+		}
+		
+	}
+	
+	public static String replaceChar(String input, char asciiOutChar, char asciiInChar){
+		char x;
+		int ascii ;
+		String outString="";
+		int outCharAscii= (asciiOutChar > 127) ? '?' : (char)(asciiOutChar & 0x7F);
+		int inCharAscii= (asciiInChar > 127) ? '?' : (char)(asciiInChar & 0x7F);
+		
+		for (int i = 0; i < input.length(); i++) {
+			 x = input.charAt(i);	
+			 ascii = (x > 127) ? '?' : (char)(x & 0x7F);
+			 
+			 if(ascii==outCharAscii){
+				 outString=outString+asciiInChar;
+			 }else{
+				 outString=outString+x; 
+			 }
+		
+		}
+		return outString;
+	}
+	
+	  public static void showData(String s) {
+		System.out.println(s);
+	}
+	  
+	  public static void showData(List<String> listString, String header) {
+		 
+		  if(listString!=null&&listString.size()>0) {
+			  System.out.println("--------"+header+"------");
+		  for(String s:listString){
+			System.out.println(s);
+			}
+		  }else {
+			  System.out.println("--------Empty/Null "+header+"------");
+		  }
+		}
 
+
+		@SuppressWarnings("restriction")
+		/* Validation tests for both Windows & Mac OS */
+		private static String commonValidate(String argName)
+		{
+			if (argName.length() == 0 ) {
+				return ("Can not be empty");	    		 
+			}
+			
+        	// filenames starting with dot are not valid for both Widget name & UID
+	    	if ( argName.charAt(0) == '.' ) {
+	    		return("Can not begin with a dot");
+	    	}
+
+	    	final char lastChar = argName.charAt(argName.length()-1);
+			// filenames ending in dot are not valid for both Widget name & UID
+			if (lastChar == '.') {
+				return("Can not end with dot");
+			}
+			
+			return null;
+		}
+
+
+		public static String validateWidgetName(String widgetName){    	
+			String strError = null;			
+			if ((strError = commonValidate(widgetName)) != null)
+				return "Invalid Widget name. " + strError;			
+			if (widgetName.indexOf("<") > -1 || widgetName.indexOf(">") > -1){
+        		return("Invalid Widget name. Angle brackets are not allowed");
+        	}
+			final char lastChar = widgetName.charAt(widgetName.length()-1);
+			// trailing or beginning space is not valid in filenames for Widget name
+			if ((Character.isWhitespace(widgetName.charAt(0)) || Character.isWhitespace(lastChar))) {
+				return("Invalid Widget name. Beginning or trailing spaces are not allowed");
+			}
+
+			if (widgetName.indexOf('\n') != -1 || widgetName.indexOf('\t') != -1 ) {
+				return("Invalid Widget name. newline character is not allowed");
+			}
+			
+	        return null;
+		}
+
+		public static String validateWidgetID(String widgetID)
+		{
+			String strError = null; 			
+			if ((strError = commonValidate(widgetID)) != null)
+				return "Invalid Widget identifier. " + strError;
+
+			// file names with white spaces are not allowed for Widget Identifier (UID)
+        	if (widgetID.indexOf(" ") > -1 ){
+        		return("Invalid Widget identifier. Whitespaces are not allowed");
+        	}
+        	
+        	if (widgetID.length() > 78 ) {
+        		return("Invalid Widget identifier. Maximum string length exceeded");
+        	}
+        	
+        	/* test invalid characters, allows only alphanumeric and '.' for UID*/
+			String alphnum = ".0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ";
+			for (int i = 0; i < widgetID.length(); i++)
+				if (alphnum.indexOf(widgetID.charAt(i),0) == -1) {
+					return("Invalid Widget identifier. Only alphanumeric or '.' is allowed");
+				}
+
+			if (widgetID.matches(".*[.]{2,}.*")) {				
+				return("Invalid Widget identifier. Consecutive dots are not allowed");				
+			}	        
+
+			return null;
+		}
 }